ESOL150N Level 5 Reading

The fifth level of ESOL and the second of a five-course sequence that focuses on reading. Content comprehension, textual analysis, critical thinking skills, study skills, and language analysis. Using the dictionary, finding main ideas, summarizing, inferencing, using context clues, reviewing prereading techniques. Study of word forms, common affixes, synonyms, and antonyms. Readings from textbooks and literature taught in the context of communicating in academic and adult life roles. Prerequisite: ESOL placement test OR successful completion of ESOL 40/40N; AND concurrent placement in ESOL 42/42N and ESOL 44/44N or higher.